As of now the Dolphins appear to have three options: sign a journeyman placeholder and tank the 2019 season, select their next starting quarterback during the 2019 NFL Draft, or complete a trade for Josh Rosen.

Miami owns the 13th pick in this year’s draft. Unless they move up, they’ll likely be picking from a group of quarterbacks that won’t include Kyler Murray or Dwayne Haskins. Both guys are almost certain to be gone by 13. That would likely leave Missouri’s Drew Lock and Duke’s Daniel Jones as the only true first-round talents available.

The last option might be the best. The Dolphins should engage the Arizona Cardinals about a trade for Rosen. Pretty much everyone believes the Cardinals will select Murray with the first pick in the draft. New Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury loves him and probably won’t be convinced to go in another direction. That would make Rosen expendable.

A ton of experts out there believe Rosen would be the best quarterback in this year’s draft. He had a rough rookie season but the UCLA product does have a lot of upside. A deal for him would almost certainly be the best move the Dolphins could make. If they could get him for a second- or third-round pick it could be a steal.

In 2018, Rosen played in 14 games, completed 55.2 percent of his passes for 2,278 yards, 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. His quarterback rating of 66.7 and Total QBR of 25.9 both ranked dead last among qualified quarterbacks in 2018.

So yeah, not a great year.

The Cardinals weren’t very good around Rosen though and he had a new offensive coordinator show up midway through his first season. He had a lot going against him and in the right situation could improve dramatically.

Ryan Phillips

Ryan is a San Diego-based blogger who is a 10-year veteran of the sports writing world. He holds a journalism degree from Indiana University (yes he left San Diego for Bloomington, Indiana voluntarily). He has no pets and a crippling addiction to HBOGo.